Red leatherette, multi-color gilt lettering and design to covers and slipcase, no jacket.  More than 30 printings.  Appreciated by fans who realize that LoTR is The Red Book of Westmarch; which ought, of course, to be RED.  Some of those same fans realize that "Collector's" and "Deluxe" are not equivalent, and wish this had been done in sturdier binding... and real leather, and perhaps a cleaner style... or maybe that's just me.  Yeah, probably just me.
Out of print, RRP in 1974, $35.00;  RRP in 2004, $75.00

Quarter leather, AEG in silver, DJ, 50 color plates, signed and numbered by Alan Lee.  Limited edition of 250 released in honor of Tolkien's 100th birthday.  Occasionally seen for sale for $1,000, give or take.

Cloth boards, gilt lettering, DJ, 50 color plates, still available new.  RRP $70.00

Jacket art by Alan Lee.  Out of print.

Cloth boards, gilt lettering, DJ, maps.  Out of print,  RRP $38.00

Cloth boards, gilt lettering, DJ, maps.  Out of print,  RRP $38.00

cloth boards, gilt lettering, DJ, maps.  Out of print,  RRP $38.00

Leatherbound, slipcased, gilt lettering and cover design, ribbon marker.  Contains two tipped-in maps, an expanded index, and, for the first time, fully corrected text and reproductions in color of pages from "The Book of Mazarbul" (these really could have been done better, but there it is).  The stock photos look blue - the real thing is near-black.  Out of print,  RRP $85.00

Corrected text and expanded index, jacket art by Alan Lee.  Still available new.  RRP $38.00

Cover art by Alan Lee, out of print,  RRP $20.00

Out of print.  RRP $20.00

Out of print.  RRP $20.00

Out of print.  RRP $20.00

Completely corrected text and expanded index, cover art by Alan Lee.  RRP $20.00

Reissue, same as above, but with different cover art by Alan Lee.  Why the first printing (see above) did not carry the 50th anniversary statement on the cover is hard to fathom, but... these do.  Still available new.  RRP $20.00

Black cover matches the rest of the Mariner 2012 editions (The Hobbit, LoTR in 3 volumes, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales).  The paper quality matches as well.  RRP  $20.00

Later copies bound by BT Bound.  Out of print.

Exclusive cover by Donato Giancola.  Very fragile black paper over boards - shelve with care.  Available only through SFBC and affiliated book clubs.  Out of print, RRP 16.99.

Ribbed spine, dark red/maroon leather or faux (probably faux) covers... AEG, moire endpapers, ribbon marker, tipped in map.  Reportedly has the same ISBN as the standard edition, which would make it hard to locate if one were trying to.  Out of print, RRP unknown.

Paper boards, exclusive DJ, WETA polystone bookends (Gandalf and Bilbo, each on one side of the door to Bag End - very cool).  The film tie-in dust jacket has a painting of Rivendell by Paul Lasaine & Co. (WETA) which is exclusive to this edition.  RRP in 2003 $75.00;  RRP in 2005 $85.00, out of print.

Flexible faux leather cover, like the "Deluxe Pocket" editions.  I must admit, these have not caught my fancy.  They beat the daylights out of the trade paper copies, but whether these turn out to be otherwise interesting anytime soon remains to be seen.  RRP $30.00;